BMC Minerals (ASX:BMC) has reported ‘high-grade’ silver and zinc intercepts from its 20,000m drilling program at the Kudz Ze Kayah Project in Yukon, Canada.
Recent drilling at the Fuego Prospect has returned near-surface massive sulphide intercepts, including 5.5m @ 163 grams per tonne silver, 6.40% zinc, 0.90g/t gold, 0.20% copper, and 4.60% lead from 57m.
The company also intersected 4.5m @ 78g/t silver, 4.20% zinc, 0.50g/t gold, 1.20% copper, and 0.80% lead from 15.5m; and 6.0m @ 58g/t silver, 4.80% zinc, 0.30g/t gold, 0.70% copper, and 0.80% lead from 6.5m.
Fuego sits immediately south and east of the ABM Deposit, adjacent to the proposed ABM Mine.
The prospect comprises a 1,000m-long corridor where ‘high-grade’ massive sulphide mineralisation has been encountered in historical drilling at several locations.
“This round of drilling has generated further high-grade results, particularly for silver, which are very encouraging as Fuego continues to take shape,” BMC Minerals CEO Michael McClelland says.
“Drilling has also provided further confirmation of our hypothesis that this area is a feeder-zone to the ABM Deposit, and continued high-grade massive sulphide hits give us more confidence that the zone will grow with additional drilling.”
BMC also reports progress at the GP4F Prospect, located 5km east-southeast of the ABM Deposit.
Drill hole K26-567 confirmed the location and orientation of the GP4F mineralisation trend southeast of the prospect, returning 4.1m @ 42g/t silver, 3.60% zinc, 0.40g/t gold, 0.10% copper, and 1.10% lead.
At the Krakatoa Zone within the ABM Deposit, recent drilling continues to target extensions outside the current Mineral Resource Estimate.
Drill hole K26-560 returned 25.1m @ 180g/t silver, 9.70% zinc, 1.0g/t gold, 0.30% copper, and 3.40% lead from 328m, confirming potential to add to the indicated mineral resource.
BMC Minerals is a Canadian polymetallic developer focused on advancing its wholly owned Kudz Ze Kayah silver‑zinc‑copper‑lead‑gold project in the Yukon.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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